Crocodylus moreletii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Eusuchia 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Subsectio: Pseudosuchia
Cladus: Suchia
Cladus: Paracrocodylomorpha
Cladus: Loricata
Superordo: Crocodylomorpha
Ordo: Crocodilia
Cladus: Mesoeucrocodylia
Cladus: Neosuchia
Subordo: Eusuchia

Familia: Crocodylidae
Subfamilia: Crocodylinae
Genus: Crocodylus
Species: Crocodylus moreletii

Name

Crocodylus moreletii Duméril & Bibron, 1851

Etymology: Named after the French naturalist who made the discovery, Pierre Marie Arthur Morelet

Type locality: "Lac Flores (Yucatan)," Guatemala; restricted by Smith and Taylor (1950: 211), and Smith and Taylor (1950: 318) to "Guatemala, El Peten, Laguna de Peten

Holotype: Syntypes MNHN 7520

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Vernacular names

Deutsch: Beulenkrokodil
English: Belize Crocodile, Morelet's Crocodile, Central American Crocodile
español: Cocodrilo De Morelet
suomi: Kyhmykrokotiili
français: Crocodile De Morelet
polski: Krokodyl meksykański
português: Crocodilo-de-Morelet, Crocodilo-mexicano
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